Incident Description: At 0450hrs, January 1, 2018, the Wamego Fire Department responded to a re- ported structure fire. Upon completion of the call and after returning to the station, Firefighter John

Randle sustained a life threatening injury from a fall while returning fire apparatus to service. Fire- fighter Randle, was air lifted from Wamego Health Center to Stormont Vail Hospital where on January

2, 2018, Firefighter Randle succumbed to his injuries.

On January 1, 67 y/o Firefighter John Randle of the Wamego City VFD located in Kansas died in

Incident Description: While at the scene of a motor vehicle collision involving a tractor-trailer that had run off the side of a highway due to icy conditions, the driver of a second vehicle, a pickup truck pull- ing a trailer, lost control and crashed into the scene. Several people were struck and injured, including Deputy Fire Chief Russell Achord, who was pinned under a vehicle. Fellow responders rushed to ex-

tract Chief Achord and provided medical aid measures while he was transported to the West Feliciana Hospital where he died from his injuries.

Incident Description: Firefighter Derrick Ryan Webb fell ill while preparing a training drill at the fire station. Webb was found unresponsive in the apparatus bay beside his turn-out gear and SCBA. The PASS device on the SCBA was still sounding. CPR was initiated but firefighter Webb was pronounced deceased at the hospital from a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be reported.

On January 17, 31 y/o Firefighter Derrick Webb of the Hardy’s Chapel VFD located in Tennessee

Incident Description: Shortly after driving a tanker to the scene of a structure fire, Firefighter/Driver- Operator Dwayne “Yogi” Thomas assisted with forced entry of the burning building. Firefighter Thomas then returned to his apparatus as other fire engines arrived on scene to set up water supply. Soon thereafter, Firefighter Thomas was found unresponsive by fellow responders. Thomas was at- tended to immediately, but succumbed to his injury, a reported heart attack, while being transported to the hospital.

On January 24, 57 y/o Firefighter/Driver-Operator Dwayne Thomas of the U.S. Virgin Islands

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